Download e-book for iPad: Twenty-Five Sides of a Post-Communist Mafia State by Bálint Magyar,Júlia Vásárhelyi

The twenty-five essays accompany, illustrate and underpin the conceptual framework elaborated in Post-Communist Mafia nation, released at the side of this quantity. prime experts study the manifestations of the present political regime in Hungary from twenty-five angles. subject matters mentioned contain the ideology, constitutional concerns, social coverage, the judiciary, overseas family members, nationalism, media, reminiscence politics, corruption, civil society, schooling, tradition and so forth. past the elemental positive factors of the economic climate the domain names of taxation, banking method, strength rules and the agriculture are handled in committed studies.

The essays are according to certain empirical research approximately stipulations in today’s Hungary. They however give a contribution to the exploration of the attribute beneficial properties of post-communist authoritarian regimes, shared through a growing number of international locations in Europe and valuable Asia.Joint e-book with Noran Libro, Budapest

Even if social hobbies and media can assist destabilize authoritarian governments, now not all social protest is valuable or culminates within the toppling of dictatorships. usually, the military’s reaction determines the end result. In disorder or shield, Terence Lee makes use of 4 case reviews from Asia to supply perception into the military’s position throughout the transitional section of regime switch.

Even supposing same-sex marriage is now felony national, there's no federal acceptance for household companions or civil union registrants, and plenty of have messy and unresolved agreements and/or registrations that have to be wiped clean up. additionally have to contemplate whether or not they are looking to expand marital rights (and tasks) retroactive to once they first beginning residing jointly as a pair, and people with teenagers may have to unravel problems with felony parentage.